Souvlaki with Tzatziki sauce
Souvlaki with Tzatziki sauce

Preparation time 20 minutes

Total time: 4 hours 25 minutes

Ingredients

Lemony marinade

  1. To taste, salt and pepper
  2. 15 mL (1 tbsp.) dried oregano
  3. 2 cloves garlic
  4. 60 mL (¼ cup) lemon juice (about 1 lemon)
  5. 75 mL (1/3 cup) olive oil
  6. 450 g (1 lb.) Nagano pork loin cubes
  7. 4 wooden skewers, soaked in water

Tzatziki-style salad

  1. 45 mL (3 tbsp.) chopped fresh chives
  2. 75 mL (1/3 cup) sour cream
  3. 500 mL (2 cups) Lebanese cucumbers, unpeeled, thinly sliced (about 4 cucumbers)
  4. 15 mL (1 tbsp.) chopped fresh mint
  5. 1 clove garlic
  6. To taste, salt and pepper

Grilled pitas

  1. 4 pitas (18 cm/7 in.)
  2. To taste, dried oregano

Directions

Lemony marinade

  1. Combine marinade ingredients in a glass dish or large sealable plastic bag. Add meat and coat well with marinade. Cover dish or seal bag and refrigerate for 4 to 6 hours. 
  2. Preheat the barbecue to medium-high. Remove meat from marinade and thread onto skewers. Grill souvlaki for about 2 minutes per side, or until pinkish inside. Serve with tzatziki-style salad and toasted pitas.

Tzatziki-style salad

  1. Mix all ingredients in a bowl.

Grilled pitas

  1. Brush pitas with a little olive oil. Sprinkle lightly with oregano.
  2. Place pita quarters on the barbecue grill and heat for 1 to 2 minutes, grilling lightly.

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